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Facebook Whatsapp Instagram banned after Easter attack in Sri Lanka

USNMix Report: The
atmosphere of unrest in Sri Lanka persists,Restrictions on social media.

About 260 people were killed
in the attack on churches and hotels on Easter day.

Following the attacks on Easter,
the Sri Lankan government banned social media on Monday in the backdrop of the
growing tensions between the minority Muslims and the majority Sinhalese
community. About 260 people were killed in the attack on churches and hotels on
Easter day.

It is noteworthy that after
a controversy over the Facebook post of a Muslim shopkeeper, the mob attacked a
mosque and some shops in Chilaw city.

Officials said that Facebook
and WhatsApp have been banned since midnight following clashes with minority
Muslims and majority Sinhalese. On Sunday evening, unrest
spread to Kuliyapitiya, where a mosque and some Muslim shopkeepers were
attacked.

Due to this, the curfew was
put in the area. Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said that the curfew has
been removed from Kuliyapitiya and Chilaw.